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The Optimist's Daughter

By: Eudora Welty
Narrated by: Eudora Welty
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This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations.

Public Domain (P)2011 Random House Audio
Classics Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural Heartfelt
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Beautiful Writing • Authentic Southern Voice • Rich Character Descriptions • Emotional Depth • Rich Imagery
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While I am sure there could be more entertaining readers, you just can't beat hearing an author's words read by the author herself. I found it wonderfully fascinating, and Mrs. Welty's deep southern drawl surely helps one imagine this novel.

Enjoyed it.

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I love southern stories and authors. the slow, southern drawls of the reader were great.

A perfect southern book

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What a pleasure and privilege to hear the voice of Eudora Welty read her own work! The slow cadence of her voice matches the story of the daughter and the Greek chorus of women in the small town in "Miss-ippi" who bring the past to life. I grew up in Alabama and Tennessee, so this rings true for me and, I would hope for all who've left home. It is the voice of my grandmother.

Superb reading and writing

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This book was a bit slow to start for me, and the story didn’t get interesting until the middle of the book. I felt there wasn’t enough character development for the judge’s daughter, Laural. I truly enjoyed Eudora Welty’s authentic old Mississippi accent. That alone made the performance enjoyable for me, from a phonology and linguistics stand point.

I love listening to books read by the author.

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A treasure to take you back to another age and let you begin to understand....

magnificent

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The Optimist's Daughter is the work that Ms. Welty won the Pulitzer Prize in Literature. This is a nice introduction to Ms. Welty's writings as well as listening to it in the author's own voice. She does a remarkable job.

Introduction to Welty's style

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Wonderful story beautiful imagery. So incredible to hear the authors
Southern voice. I would listen again.

The optimists daughter

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Eudora Welty reads it herself. Written and read in her own unique voice. Beautiful. Just beautiful.

BEAUTIFUL

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And it could not be better! This is a great story, well crafted and read by Welty herself.

My introduction to Welty's Writing

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Such insight and beautiful language. Understanding of characters and lifestyles. Will never forget it! That is what makes a prize winning novel!

Every widow should read this book

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